Growing populations, changing landscapes : studies from India, China, and the United States /

Uses case studies to look at population growth and land-use change through time and space. This comes from a joint project between the US Chinese and Indian Academies of Science. The NAP notes that "the Open Book page image presentation framework is not designed to replace printed books, nor em...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Indian National Science Academy, Zhongguo ke xue yuan, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2001.
Temas:
Land use > India > Case studies.
Land use > China > Case studies.
Land use > United States > Case studies.
Utilisation du sol > Chine > Études de cas.
Utilisation du sol > États-Unis > Études de cas.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
Land use
Population
Bevölkerungsentwicklung
Bodennutzung
Aufsatzsammlung
India > Population > Case studies.
China > Population > Case studies.
United States > Population > Case studies.
China
India
United States
Indien
USA
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Population and Land Use in India, China, and the United States: Context, Observations, and Findings
  • Introduction to the Tri-Academy Project
  • Elements of Population Growth
  • Land Use Change in Space and Time
  • Findings and Observations of the Tri-Academy Project
  • India
  • Indian Case Studies: An Introduction / P.S. Ramakrishnan
  • Population and Land Use in Kerala / P.S. George, S. Chattopadhyay
  • Population and Land Use in Haryana / Prem S. Vashishtha, R.K. Sharma, R.P.S. Malik, Seema Bathla
  • Gender Dimensions of the Relationship Between Population and Land Use in the Indian States of Kerala and Haryana / Sumati Kulkarni
  • China
  • Chinese Case Studies: An Introduction / Zhao Shidong
  • Population, Consumption, and Land Use in the Jitai Basin Region, Jiangxi Province / Zhao Shidong, Lu Jiehua, Zhang Hongqi, Zeng Yi, Qi Wenhu, Liang Zhiwu, Zhang Taolin, Liu Guiping, Qin Mingzhou, Jiang Leiwen
  • Population, Consumption, and Land Use in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Province / Zhao Shidong, Zeng Yi, Bai Wanqi, Lu Jiehua, Qi Wenhu, Liu Guiping, Zhang Taolin, Qin Mingzhou, Jiang Leiwen
  • United States
  • U.S. Case Studies: An Introduction / M. Gordon Wolman
  • Transformation of the South Florida Landscape / William D. Solecki, Robert T. Walker
  • Evolution of the Chicago Landscape: Population Dynamics, Economic Development, and Land Use Change / Edwin S. Mills, Cynthia S. Simmons.

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